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Dieters who love wine will no doubt hate an initiative by Sainsbury’s to list the calorie content on 20 of its own-label Winemakers’ Selection bottles.

The Co-op pioneered calorie-content wine labels in 2002 and Waitrose started to list the calorie content per 100ml and per 125ml glass on its own-brand wines, spirits, beers and ciders three years ago.

Producers of the big wine brands on sale in supermarkets are also considering listing the calorie content on their wine labels. The Spanish house of Torres is likely to be one of the first to include calorie values, and sugar levels too,